GUARDIAN CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

NO. 28,044 set by Paul

ACROSS

9 Post-hermaphrodite gender reported? (5,4)

10 Mythological king, one being carried like a baby? (5)

11 Bare bones revealed

rank (7)

12 Painter gives extremely detailed subject of selfportrait to sovereign (7)

13 Resurgent Australian openers batting — what might stop them? (4) 14 Australian native with overwhelming fear of beard, perhaps? (5,5) 16 Allied force at once circling German capital (7)

17 Drop a scam for

starters? (7)

19 Clubs with a three iron shortly exchanged for old driver (10) 22,20 Previous character in audition, await your turn (4,1,5)

24 Knocked over, Greek character and singer howl (7)

25 Good man fed to unpleasant chap a Mexican dish (7)

26 £6 (not 9) for seafood

(5)

27 A prophet appearing reflective after dropping trousers (9)

DOWN

1 People move quickly south of a European meeting place (5,10) 2 Fast and loose, by the

sound of it? (8) 3,23 Toy bags in supermarket, very clear (5,2,3)

4 Level of interest bishop’s shown over a frightful teaser (4,4)

5 Bird, parrot’s first sweetheart (6) 6 Place power in bullet — that should get things motoring! (5,4)

7 Cinema of a sort not showing Rambo originally, go for it! (4,2) 8 Voice in my ear came in preposterous Trump mission? (8,7) 15 General appearance supermarket admits indefensible, initially (9)

17 Get down in type of dance — evidently hot? (8)

18 Scholar wild about English hymn tunes (8) 20 See 22

21 In tip, taste

cans (6)

23 See 3